Author Archives: Jo Hawke

A Trip to the Doctor

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Even after four shots and a finger prick-and-squeeze, Atticus still had it in him to hug Mrs. Charlotte. Then, at least. Later this evening, when I mentioned that he really liked her, he said, “Yeah, but I don’t like her shots!”

Today was the day for his school physical because he’s eligible for kindergarten this fall.

I still can hardly believe my “baby” is heading to school soon. It seems like just yesterday that we were cradling him, changing him, and feeding him bottles. The older you get, the faster time seems to fly.

By the way, Charlotte Williams is pediatric nurse practitioner at Piedmont Primecare next to the mall in Danville, and she is AWESOME!

She spent so much time with Attie! She listened to him sing two songs (the “Our Father” and the Latin “Ave Maria”) and was so impressed that she wanted him to sing for the other doctors and nurses afterward. She was so sweet and kind and really made our whole visit much less painful — as always. She is highly recommended!

117/365: Gathering Storm Clouds

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The storm clouds were all a-swirl behind our sitter’s house this evening. It was a pretty scary sight, given the recent rash of tornado destruction and deaths.

I’ve seen reports of one fatality, a number of injuries, and a lot of damage in Halifax County, just east of us. And so, so many have been killed and injured across the deep South.

We pray for everyone affected: those who have lost their lives, those who are left to mourn, those who have been hurt, and those who have lost their homes and property.

In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen

The Easter Dye

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The dyeing step of the Easter egg process is much more fun for everyone (but more so especially those of us who don’t have to clean up afterward).

We used a water, vinegar, and food dye mixture. It didn’t make for as vivid eggs as we’re used to, maybe, and they’re a bit splotchy, but it was more like “cooking.”

The kids loved stirring up the dye liquid and pouring it over the eggs. They liked mixing up the colors a little, too.

Thank goodness I put down the old cloth. We survived with relatively few dyed areas, furniture, skin, or otherwise. 😛

Mother Angelica

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Yesterday morning, while cooking pancakes and “soft scrambled” eggs (Kevin’s fave!), I listened to the audio of an episode of EWTN’s “Mother Angelica Live” from the ’80s on the (very cool!) Stitcher app I recently downloaded on my Droid.

I just love her frank manner! Sometimes, she is downright in-your-face about things (deservedly so), but in her sweet Grandma voice, it’s head-shaking irony.

Here’s one great example:

“The priest tells you there’s no hell? Well, you’ll meet him there.”

Mother Angelica, who founded EWTN, hasn’t been working for a while now, after having numerous strokes. I hope you’ll pray with me for her recovery.

The Easter Boil

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The Easter Egg is a process.
Today, we boil; tomorrow, we dye.

This feels like it’s going somewhere poem-like with some word play on the boiling and dyeing, a big metaphor for life or something. So I’ll stop here and spare us all…

~*~

What I wish I could’ve posted tonight is a picture of Lucas and Atticus holding their little candles at the Easter Vigil Mass.

You know how the forecast will give you two temperatures for any given time? One is the real temperature, and the other is the windchill temperature — the way it really feels? Well, with little kids up after their normal bedtime, the two hours we spent there felt like at least four. 😉

And one fake candle shattered its glass bulb on the tile floor, and Kevin had to search for the shards with the other candle in the darkened church.

Still, it was a beautiful service with beautiful music (although we wish there would’ve been more Latin, like last year!) and a good number of new people joining.

Love, Architecturally

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I saw this print today in somebody’s house and was totally inspired. It was actually part of a collage; their names were etched above, and a Bible verse was printed below.

I <3 architecture and typography! I'm going to start looking around for some letter shapes in the buildings and structures I see every day. And nature, too. 🙂